Having not won since saluting in the same race back in 2016, the six-year-old overcame a wide run throughout the 1150-metre journey to overtake stablemate and 2017 winner Gee Gee Red Prince in the home straight.

Winning trainer Stuart Gandy, who has now won the race the last three years, said the lack of victories hadn’t been through no lack of trying.

“It has been a run of outs,” the Brighton trainer said. There hasn’t been much wrong with him, he’s just been missing the kick at the start for the last 12 months.

“He’s an old horse who had carried weight for a while so it’s good to see him get a number one next to his name today.

“We didn’t really do anything special in the preparation today, it was just riding instructions, and the way Amirul (Ismadi) rode him helped him win the race – he gave him plenty of room and kept him wide.”

There hasn’t been much wrong with him, he’s just been missing the kick at the start for the last 12 months.

Geegees Doublejay trainer Stuart Gandy

“Him and the other horse have won it the last three years now and they’ve been great old sprinters who have had to carry weight, but they never give up.”

For Malaysian jockey Ismadi, who rides in Indonesia but is in Tasmania on a three-month loan to Gandy, the result was his most significant in his short stay.

Biggest win: Malaysian jockey Amirul Ismadi is all smiles.

“This is biggest win since I’ve been in Tasmania, and I’m really happy to be riding this horse,” Ismadi said.

“It was my first time riding him and he has had problems jumping out, but we sorted it out by removing the barrier extension and it worked well – he flashed out of the gates and from then on he felt great.

“I wasn’t worried about the stablemate in the home straight because he felt so good.”

Gandy said both Geegees Doublejay and Gee Gee Red Prince will now be aimed at the $50,000 weight-for-age race in Launceston on January 24.